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Grammar1 Look at the examples and complete therules with the words in the box.after before colour sizea fantastic ancient mapa strange giant serpenta wonderful old story• put adjectives of descriptionadjectives of opinionan old Swedish priesta huge green headlarge wooden blocks• with adjectives of description we usethis order: / age / /origin / material. All other adjectives ofdescription come immediatelythe noun2 Try to rearrange the words into thecorrect order. Check your answers with theaudioscript on page 152. Were you correct?1 detail small painstaking2 modern belief popular3 colourful monsters sea fantastic4 intricate tiny details5 right corner upper6 sailing English an ship7 head large green8 moon a small crescent3 Look at the map again. Think of as manyadjectives as you can to describe it, or partsof it. Take turns making sentences to buildup a description of the map.In the top left corner, you can see a hugebrown bird.GGrammar focus – explanation & morepractice of adjective order on page 138Pronunciation1 Find six pairs of words with the samesound in the box. Then match each pair tothe sounds below.break clear cloud down dreamsky steer whale wheel white 2 1.48 Listen and check your answers.What are the common spellings for thesesounds? Can you think of other words orspellings for these sounds?3 1.49 Read and listen to a famouspoem about the sea. Then work in pairs.Read each line one at a time. Pay attentionto the sounds in exercise 1.Sea FeverJohn Masefield (1878–1967)was an English novelist andpoet famous for the novels andpoems he wrote for children.He was poet laureate for GreatBritain for over thirty years.I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tideIs a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,To the gull’s way and the whale’s way, where the wind’s like a whetted knife;And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.Sea Fevercomes from acollection of poemscalled Salt WaterBallads, publishedin 1902.Sea Unit 3 37Global Upper Intermediate | Student's Book with e-Workbook (DVD-ROM) | ISBN 978-3-19-162980-9 | Macmillan